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Poll: Majority supports path to citizenship for illegals

While strengthening the country’s borders is popular with broad majorities across all groups and in all regions, a path to citizenship is considerably more divisive.

Support for stricter border control includes three-quarters of Democrats and liberals, more than eight in 10 moderates, conservatives and political independents, and a whopping 92 percent of Republicans. Securing the borders is also supported by 87 percent of whites, three-quarters of nonwhites, and bottoms out at a still-high 69 percent among Hispanics.

As noted, views on a path to citizenship are more linked to political preferences. Beyond party affiliation, 73 percent of liberals favor a path to citizenship; that declines to 53 percent of moderates, half of “somewhat” conservatives and fewer than four in 10 strong conservatives.

Notably, support for a path to citizenship reaches majorities across regions, 53 to 59 percent.

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Actual ABC headline: Poll Finds a Boost for Obama on Handling Immigration
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What’s going on here, Hot Gas? Your headline isn’t supported by the content of the article. In fact, “While the president lacks majority approval on the issue overall, slightly more Americans now approve than disapprove of his approach, by 49 vs. 43 percent.”
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In addition, Ø’s hallmark disagreement with the current legislative negotiations, border enforcement, is in opposition to the American people: “In terms of specific policies, an overwhelming 83 percent support stricter border control…”
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What a mess!

Its all in the question and how it is asked. I am in favor to a Pathway to Citizenship…. Legally. We have a process now. Follow it like my relatives did. Anything else is breaking the Law. Want to be a citizen? First respect and follow the laws of Our Country. Anything else classifies the individual as an “ILLEGAL ALIEN”
Requiring IMMEDIATE Deportation.

“Path to Citizenship” can mean an awful lot of things. It could be a highly restrictive process that only 10-20% of “out of status new American immigrants” qualify for (see Conyers comments) that takes two decades and can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Or it could simply involve making an affidavit, filling out a form, paying a small fee, and waiting a few months.

I’m sure ABC bent over backwards to make sure those polled knew exactly what they meant before answering. /s

Now Comrade O and his Chicago Way Gang of vote manufacturers will propose whatever they want, label it the “Path to Citizenship Act”, claim a majority of the public supports it, demonize anyone who opposes it, and ram it through Congress, with the full support of their Mainstream Media Propoganda Machine, AKA the MSM. Of course, that was the plan all along anyway, with or without polls.

I care as little what the majority thinks about illegals being citizens, or pot legalization, or welfare ‘reform’ as I care about asstoneri the racist whiner thinks about history. The majority are fools as demonstrated by the last two elections.